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| US boy accused of mother's murder Nearly 40 witnesses will testify in India against a US professor's son who is accused of slashing his mother's throat, prosecutors say. bbc.co.uk |
Ten more Chile miners to go home Doctors treating the rescued miners still in hospital in Chile say at least 10 of them are set to be discharged. bbc.co.uk |
Saudi Prince Jailed for Life for Murdering Servant This sad, sordid story came to an end Wednesday with Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud getting the longest sentence of them all feedproxy.google.com |
Iraq war logs: Wikileaks' virtual memorial | Pratap Chatterjee If the Pentagon had had to disclose details of all casualties in Iraq in real time, the public could have judged 'progress' for itselfA short, sharp burst of gunfire into their speeding vehicle killed three Iraqi police officers immediately, and wounded another. On the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of their country, the Iraqi police were on their way to help the 87th infantry regiment of the US Army just outside the volatile city of Kirkuk to defuse a possible car bomb. A trigger-happy US gunner, mistaking them for possible insurgents, brought a sudden and tragic end to the police mission.The detailed incident report (# 342:001) recorded by the US military is now available thanks to Wikileaks – three deaths from a list of 44 people killed on 19 March 2008. It confirms a much shorter incident report in the meticulous records kept by Iraq Body Count, a volunteer group of ordinary citizens who have made it their mission to track the number of people killed in Iraq since 19 March 2003. Each such incident logged in their database has been confirmed by at least two different sources."However many civilians are killed in the onslaught on Iraq, their death toll should not go unnoticed by those who are paying, in taxes, for their slaughter," read the original mission statement of Iraq Body Count. In the guardian.co.uk |
Curling Shocker: U.S. Expected to Lose How did an entire U.S. team end up taking a mulligan on the Olympics? Instead of assembling an all-star team, curling clubs compete in trials to determine who will make it to the Games. online.wsj.com |